Slightly more than I originally wanted to spend but it was well worth the money. The case fan and CPU cooler are ridiculously quiet with the speed scaled down and everything runs nice and cool. Plus I was able to use the stock APU cooler in my desktop which reduced noise as I was able to take advantage of the PWM function.

Hello people of the XBMC forum!
I too have used this form for a guide, to buid my first real HTPC. Can say that the Silverstone ML03B is a beautiful and a Scythe Shuriken fits right in. I have the A8-3870 installed and it is working fine with XBMCbuntu (so far) for power i have chosen a Be-Quiet Pure Power L7 350W (from a friends recommendation) and it is also quiet!

I am still missing a IR reciver to work with my Harmony One remote, still looking for the right solution.

All in all I to will recommend this build for a first timer, and it seems to be open for customization, I'm thinking installing PVR in the furture if everything goes well Wuhu.!

aside from RAM/SSD and power cord not sold with the psu is there anything else that would be required to go live and is it essentially plug/play install os? any required heatsink/fan/coolant would come with the cpu/psu? need to do the thermal paste thing?

aside from RAM/SSD and power cord not sold with the psu is there anything else that would be required to go live and is it essentially plug/play install os? any required heatsink/fan/coolant would come with the cpu/psu? need to do the thermal paste thing?
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thanks,

With my setup, i recived SATA cable with the MOBO and cooling paste with the CPU. There is a standart CPU cooler with the AMD A8-3870k, but I have heard it is loud so i chose to by a nother ( wich fits in the Silverstone case).. I using the XBMCbuntu installed from a USB stic and its works almost perfect out of the box:

(2012-04-18 05:26)ajcowell Wrote: XtuX, you're running XBMCbuntu from USB on an AMD A8? Has the issue with support for the A8 been addressed then? I see in eskro's first post, he warns that:

Q. Out of those builds, which one can be used with XBMCbuntu (Linux)?
A. Except the A6 & A8 builds, all of them!!

Also, what are you using the SSD for if you're booting from the USB stick? Or did you install from the USB stick to the SSD? Thanks.

Well, yes I used the USB to install on SSD, booting also works for me, but I like having the OS install on a harddrive.
Only problem I have seen so far is the sound acting op for 5sec when starting a movie or jumping forward in one. Other than that it runs great and handels 1080p just fine and cool.

FYI. the sound problem does not appear when booting tin XBMCbuntu mode and playing movies in VLC player so it seems to be aXBMC related problem. I'm planning to try to install normal ubuntu on it and install xbmc ontop late to se if that works, or do some more testing in xbmvubuntu mode, in that way i might have more control of the sound driver installed.